Wednesday, January 6, 2016

School to fire proffessor who said Christian and Muslims worship the same God

Wheaton College, an evangelical college in Illinois, has now begun the
process to fire associate professor of political science Larycia
Hawkins, after she made a controversial theological
statement on Facebook that Muslims and Christians worship the same God.
She had been placed on administrative leave after she posted on Facebook
that she would wear a hijab during the Advent season in support of
Muslims.

“I stand in religious solidarity with Muslims because they, like me, a
Christian, are people of the book,” “And as Pope Francis stated last
week, we worship the same God.”

During Hawkins’s administrative review process, which was paused over
the holidays, Wheaton administration requested a theological statement,
which Hawkins submitted. The college said in the statement.

“Following Dr. Hawkins’ written response on December 17 to questions
regarding her theological convictions, the College requested further
theological discussion and clarification,” “However, as posted
previously, Dr. Hawkins declined to participate in further dialogue
about the theological implications of her public statements and her
December 17 response.”

Hawkins has been asked to affirm the college’s statement of faith four
times since she started teaching at Wheaton nearly nine years ago,
according to the Chicago Tribune.